The event took place this past Saturday, June 22, at Revel Atlantic City in New Jersey with a Gray Maynard vs. Clay Guida lightweight headliner.

Of the four UFC on FX events to date, Friday’s show tied for second while trailing only UFC on FX 2, which drew 1.4 million viewers.

The event was the second-highest-rated show on cable in its timeslot among male viewers. Additionally, along with its presentation of “Iron Man” beforehand, FX was the highest-rated cable channel of the night among all viewers 18-49 and men 18-34.

Additionally, compared to UFC on FX 3 earlier this month, UFC on FX 4 was up 20 percent overall, including 32 percent among all viewers 18-49 and up 47 percent among men 18-49. In those two key demos, the audience grew throughout the night by 61 percent from the first quarter hour to the last quarter hour of the two-hour broadcast.

In addition to Maynard’s five-round split-decision win over Guida, UFC on FX 4 featured a co-main event and trilogy match between lightweight veterans Sam Stout and Spencer Fisher. Like the first two meetings in 2006 and 2007, the third proved close, but Stout took home a unanimous-decision victory to take a 2-1 lead in the series.

FX has aired five UFC main-card broadcasts to date and three in June. UFC on FX 4 was tops for the month.

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